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SOUVENIR PROGRAM 

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The Historical Pageant 
of Madison County 



WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY 
THOMAS WOOD STEVENS 



Edwardsville, Illinois 
September 17, 18, 19, 1912 



Madison County Centennial Association 






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Madison County Centennial Association. 

(Incorporated May 29, 1911.) 



CHARLES BOESCHENSTEIN, President. 
L. D. LAWNIN, Vice-President. 
J. FRED AMMANN, Vice-President. 
RALPH D. GRIFFIN, Secretary. 

D. E. BURROUGHS, Treasurer. 

E. W. BURROUGHS, Executive Secretary. 

PAGEANT COMMITTEE. 

THOMAS WILLIAMSON, Chairman. 

C. H. Spilman. W. L. Hadley. 

E. D. Bell. E. A. Delicate. 

Charles F. Ford. 

LADIES' AUXILIARY. 

MRS. W. F. L. HADLEY, Chairman. 
Mrs. L. D. Lawnin. Mrs. Charles Boeschenstein. 

Mrs. G. D. Burroughs. Mrs. E. W. Fiegenbaum. 

Mrs. C. F. Rock. Mrs. C. F. Rohland. 

Miss Jessie M. Johnson. Miss C. Mabel Smith. 



Executive Staff. 

THOMAS WOOD STEVENS. Director. 

FREDERICK J. COWLEY, Assistant Director. 

F. H. GOEDECKE, Musical Director. 

C. F. ROCK, Leader of Chorus. 

MISS JESSIE M. JOHNSON, Director of Dancing. 

F. B. SANDERS, Treasurer. 

TODD GROSSMAN, Property Manager. 



Chairmen of Scene Committees. 

ALTOJf COMMITTEE. 
In charge of Scenes I and VII. 

W. P. BOYNTON, Chairman. 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COMMITTEE. 
In charge of Scene II. 

T. H. STOKES, Chairman. 

COLLINSVILLE BARACA CLASS. 
In charge of Scene III. 

MISS FLORINE HENSON, Chairman. 

ORDER OF RED MEN COMMITTEE. 

In charge of Scene IV. 

J. H. DUGGER, Chairman. 

EDWARDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALUMNL 
In charge of Scene V. 

GEORGE SHAFFER, Chairman. 

EDWARDSVILLE COMMITTEE. 
In charge of Scene VI, Episode 1. 

JAMES WATSON, Chairman. 

COMMITTEE OF ATTORNEYS. 
In charge of Scene VI, Episode 2. 

HENRY B. EATON, Chairman. 

FORT RUSSELL COMMITTEE. 
In charge of Scene VI, Episode 3. 

NORMAN G. FLAGG. Chairman. 

CHORUS COMMITTEE. 
In charge of Scene VIII. 

R. WILSON. Chairman. 



CAST OF CHARACTERS. 



White Cloud, The Prophet Donald Robertson 



Scene 1. 

An Old Chief John D. McAdams 

A Young Hunter Harry Weld 

Outaga, a Prophet Wm. P. Boynton 

Scene 2. 

Pere Jaques Marquette John Hess 

Louis Joliet J- J- Burns 

Council Chief of the Pottawattomies T. H. Stokes 

Great Sachem of the Hlinois T. C. Dooner 

An Indian Messenger H. F. Kane 

An Indian Boy Edwin Stokes 

Scene 3. 

Henri de Tonti Walter Bowker 

Robert Cavelier de la Salle Ben Juda 

Friar Hennepin Wilbur Haddick 

Friar Membre Elmer Clayton 

A Muliner, called Jolycoeur Edward Troliet 

Nicanope, an Indian Chief Harry Brecka 

An Indian Girl ■ Miss Mildred Berkey 

The Mohegan Hunter Wm. Jameson 

Scene 4. 

Pontiac J- H. Dugger 

An Old Chief William Wilhold 

An Illinois Chief Jolin Faust 

Neyon, French Commandant Joseph Hlad 

Calumet Bearer Phil. W. Sommerlad 

( Charles Soehlke 
Messengers \ otto Berlein 

Scene 5. 

George Rogers Clark Clem Grebel 

Captain Rocheblave West Eaton 

Pere Gibault Harold Sanders 

Mr. Raycliff . '.'.'.".'.'. Wm. Burroughs 

A Courier de Bois Don Proctor 

A Young Lady Miss Dorothy Brown 

An Indian Clarence Fisher 



f Homer G. Baird 



Two Provosts of the Ball \ Douglas Dale 

The Fiddler George B. Shaffer 



Scene 6. 

Tpq<?p Li Simpson 

William Collins of Colhnsville deorge L. 'Moorman 

Rev. Jesse Walker George Grossman 

Thomas Kirkpatrick Alvin Bohm 

John Kirkpatrick, his son D 'h 'f. Berberick 

Gol. Samuel Judy. ..... • V. ^ ^ Coventry 

Joshua Atwater, Schoolmaster .James Watson 

A Monk . H. B. Eaton 

Dr. John Todd • • . C. F. Rock 

Governor Ninan Edwards C. W. Terry 

Judge Whiteside '^'^' '-^ p' smith 

Judge Lofton " ' ^i-ed Luth •- 

Clerk of the Court '^r^ Bessie Williamson N^ 

Mrs. Jillson john F. Eeck 

Jesse Waddell 'j^jgg j^^^j^ Schwarz j 

Polly Snyder Frederick J. Cowley / 

Edward Coles Norman G. Flagg / 

John Reynolds _ Oscar Wiemers 

Robert Crawford 

Scene 7. 

. . . Amos Maxiener 

Mr. Beecher -^Ym. T. Manion 

Mr. Hogan ^[^ q Geschwend 

Mr. Winthrop S. Oilman • • j j Hammond 

Judge Linder .Miss Degenhardt 

Mrs. Gilman j^iss Floss 

Mrs. Graves ' ' ' john Eckhard 

Mayor Krum j^^^ ^ Braunagel 

Deacon Enoch Long ^^^ rp Thomas 

Mr. Harned ' ' Q^g Crivello 

Mr. Roff ■ ■ ■ . Geo. W alters 

Anson Piatt, a Boy j^j^^ McKeon 

Edward Keating gg^j Winters 

Dr. Jennings Raymond H. Hardy 

Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy ... Joe McMullen 

Mr. Solomon 

NOTE. 

The general plan of the Pageant ^.^ ^^f^e^ ^iZlmlf ol ^'t 
torical scenes. In certain cases, «™/°;^t,ftnhe facts effort 
matic representation, liberties have been taken w^th the t^^^ 

being made toward the spirit of ,e^^«^^, !^^/*^fJ.Ji^^^^^^ but the 

The Piasa bird scene is, of couise, puieiy ^^^'^""f ;' . rr.^^ 
racial movement suggested by the ^^--\^,^„\^^rand ceS 
Marquette scene is suggested ^^^ ^i^rg^^g^^^'e^omprises events 

Memoirs, has been used; the tradition, which is quite cliaia 

being preferred to the fact. ^ ^^ liberty 

in the First Old Edwardsville scene we have ^ak .^ ^^^^^_ 

of having the proclamation read ^Y Governor J^a ^^^^ ^^^^^ 
and also of paraphrasing the proclamation itseir. 

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is true to the custom and the record, though fictitious material has 
been devised to amplify the case. The episode of Edward Coles 
freeing his slaves departs from the historic account in that he in- 
formed his slaves of their freedom while on the way down the Ohio; 
but the spirit of the scene is in accordance with his account. 

The Lovejoy episode follows the testimony given in the trials, 
but represents as taking place in one-scene events, which were actu- 
ally separated by some days. With these reservations, and taking 
account of the artistic requirements of the dramatic form, the Pa- 
geant may be considered historical. 

Prologue. 

WHITE CLOUD. 

Great Manitou, who livest in the sun, 

Whose voice we hear amid the battling clouds. 

Spirit who mad'st the world from the red clay. 

And in the world the children of thy might, 

I, the Foreteller, I, the Prophet, call thee; 

For in my people's councils I am wise, 

And in the paleface councils am a child; 

For I have fasted in the caves of tears. 

Lain ear to earth to hear thy whisper, worn 

Black warpaint of the prophet and the seer, 

And lo, the medicine and magic of thy name 

Are mine! Great Manitou, thy children fall. 

And the long, bitter war trail nears its end. 

Let me look back. The fields were rich. The smokes 

Rose up from fire on fire along the hills, 

And all our people, tribe on wand'ring tribe, 

Prospered, and there was hunting for us all. 

So say the old men. Now the day is gone 

And the chill stars who dog thy westward track 

Watch us with wintry eyes like wolves at night. 

Manitou of the Oak, I call on thee, 

For thou dost take the scalplocks of dead years. 

To wear them in thy crimson autumn hood. 

And living long, dost feed upon the hearts 

Of the brave springs who sing beneath thy shade. 

Thou dost remember. Tree gods, hear my spell 

And breathe my medicine. Bring back the glow 

Of our forgotten campfires; bring our chiefs 

To their lost councils. Feed mine ancient hate 

With visions of our wars, back to the dawn 

When there had come no paleface to our lands 

And our unhindered rivers were not shamed 

With any burden of our enemies. 

Teach me, red Manitou of Oak, the tale, 

And let me hear, as when the old men make 

Among the tepees their unending vaunt, 

Thy wintersong. Oak, thou art tall. Thy head 

Nuzzles against the clouds; and thou art old, 

Much thou hast seen. Thou followest no trail, 

So thou rememberest. Oak, I bid thee speak, 

I bid thy shadows clear. I bid the morn 

To burn anew — the red morn of our tribe. 



Action of the Pageant. 

Scene I. 
The Leg:end of the Piasa Bird. 

The top of a mound is visible, and an old chief, chanting, di- 
rects the labor of the mound builders. A young hunter comes in, 
running, with news that a herd of buffalo have been sighted along 
the hills to the westward. The old chief forbids the warriors to go 
to the hunting, bidding them work on the mound, since the angry 
Manitous have sent the terrible Piasa Bird to devour them, and the 
mounds alone can placate the anger of the Manitous. 

.\s the strife goes on, Ouataga, the seer, comes in, and tells of 
his vision of the death of the Piasa Bird. He conceals his warriors 
in the thicket, and, intending to sacrifice himself, sings his own 
death song. The Piasa Bird swoops upon him, but is slain by the 
arrows from the ambush. The tribe dances in triumph about the 
fallen bird, and then goes off to the hunting of the buffalo. The old 
chief and Ouataga are left alone on the mound, and the seer pre- 
dicts that the mounds will henceforth rise no higher. 

Scene II. 

The Coining: of Marquette. 

Into a council of Indians, gathered for the corn dance of thanks- 
giving, comes the Great Sachem of the Illinois. He demands of the 
village chief that his young men take the war trail to assist against 
the Miamis, who have been given thunder-weapons by the palefaces. 
The chief consents, and while they speak, a messenger comes an- 
nouncing Marquette, whom the Great Sachem welcomes graciously. 
The Indians then demand of the missionary weapons for the war 
against the Miamis, which Marquette refuses, setting up his cross 
and preaching his gospel of peace. The time of the event is 1673. 

Scene III. 
La Salle and Tonty. 

Ten years later. Tonty is seen watching, surrounded by a few 
faithful followers, for the return of La Salle. An Indian girl, daugh- 
ter of the chief Omawha, warns Tonty that he is betrayed, and that 
the Illinois have been warned against La Salle by the emissaries of 
the Miamis. La Salle enters, and Tonty gives him the information. 
As they speak aside, Friar Hennepin gathers from Friar Membre 
the few facts of their stay in the village of the Illinois, and from 
them weaves his own fantastic account. 

La Salle, meeting Nicanope, the Illinois chief, before the coun- 
cil, confounds him by his knowledge of his tribe's duplicity, and 
asks of him aid in his descent of the Mississippi. The chief pro- 
tests that the river is impassable; La Salle refuses to turn back. 
His followers threaten to mutiny, saying they believe the chief, and 
that they are not subject to his commission beyond the King's do- 
main. At this La Salle formally claims the land for the King, by the 
ceremony of the "Proces Verbal," and drives them forward. 



Scone IV. 
Poutiac. 

The time is 1765. Pontiac, war chief of the Ottawas, comes 
among the Illinois to arouse them against the cession of the land 
from France to England. He brings presents, including a cask of 
brandy, and requires of the Illinois that they send messengers with 
his great war-belt down the Mississippi. They comply, but refuse 
to join him in his war against the English. Neyon, the French 
Commandant, enters, and Pontiac makes of him the same demand. 
Neyon refuses, and Pontiac, in the name of his confederation, defies 
him. Pontiac turns to call together his followers and finds that 
they have already emptied the cask, and are reeling off, leaving him 
alone. 

Scene V. 
The Taking' of Kaskaskia. 

The time is 1778. The Commandant at Kaskaskia, Rocheblave, 
ignores the reports that Clark and his Virginians are coming upon 
them. The Habitant's ball is at its height when the stranger is 
seen among the dancers. The alarm is given, but the town is al- 
ready surrounded, and Rocheblave, protesting furiously, is com- 
pelled to surrender his garrison. Clark maintains an attitude of the 
most cruel severity, until the inhabitants are thoroughly frightened. 
Then the parish priest, Pere Gibault, comes to plead for his people. 
Clark changes front, meets the priest graciously, assures him of the 
safety of his people, and binds the French settlers to his cause. 
Thus the land passes into the hands of the Americans. 

Scene IV. 

Old Edwardsville. 

Episode 1, 1812. 

The settlers meet at Thomas Kirkpatrick's tavern, on the site 
of Edwardsville, to hear the reading of Governor Edwards' procla- 
mation of the County of Madison. William Collins of Collinsville, 
Rev. Jesse Walker, Colonel Samuel Judy, Joshua Atwater, John 
Todd, and other old residents of the settlement appear on this occa- 
sion. The episode closes with the reading of the proclamation. 

Episode 2, 1813. 

The first court is in session, presided over by Judges Whiteside 
and Lofton. The first case, in the matter of a guardianship for 
Polly Snider, orphan, is disposed of; and John Kirkpatrick, the am- 
bitious son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, attains to the first step in his 
ambitious career. 

Episode 3, 1S19. 

Edward Coles arrives from Virginia with his household of 
slaves; he meets John Reynolds, and afterward Governor Edwards, 
to whom he presents a letter from President Monroe. Coles, who 
had been appointed Register of the land office at Edwardsville, had 
left Virginia in order that he might, without family complications, 
rid his conscience of the burden of slave-holding. He calls his peo- 
ple around him and tells them the news of their freedom. 



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